2010 Academy Award Nominees (of interest to heavy metal fans)


�A.M.P.A.S.�

Actor in a Leading Role

  • Jeremy Renner in �The Hurt Locker�


Art Direction

  • �Avatar� Art Direction: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Kim Sinclair
  • �The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus� Art Direction: Dave Warren and Anastasia Masaro; Set Decoration: Caroline Smith


Cinematography

  • �Avatar� Mauro Fiore
  • �The Hurt Locker� Barry Ackroyd


Costume Design

  • �The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus� Monique Prudhomme


Directing

  • �Avatar� James Cameron
  • �The Hurt Locker� Kathryn Bigelow


Film Editing

  • �Avatar� Stephen Rivkin, John Refoua and James Cameron
  • �District 9� Julian Clarke
  • �The Hurt Locker� Bob Murawski and Chris Innis


Makeup

  • �Star Trek� Barney Burman, Mindy Hall and Joel Harlow


Music (Original Score)

  • �Avatar� James Horner
  • �The Hurt Locker� Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders


Best Picture

  • �Avatar� James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers
  • �District 9� Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham, Producers
  • �The Hurt Locker� Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro, Producers


Sound Editing

  • �Avatar� Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
  • �The Hurt Locker� Paul N.J. Ottosson
  • �Star Trek� Mark Stoeckinger and Alan Rankin


Sound Mixing

  • �Avatar� Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson
  • �Star Trek� Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson and Peter J. Devlin
  • �The Hurt Locker� Paul N.J. Ottosson and Ray Beckett
  • �Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen� Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers and Geoffrey Patterson


Visual Effects

  • �Avatar� Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham and Andrew R. Jones
  • �District 9� Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros and Matt Aitken
  • �Star Trek� Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh and Burt Dalton


Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

  • �District 9� Written by Neill Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell